Bone Key — Les Standiford

In Key West, a small-time hustler is being beaten by a cop--and John Deal steps in to stop it. It's only a temporary rescue, though--the same man is found slain two days later. The cops are claiming ignorance. The locals aren't saying a word. All Deal has to go on are the rumors of a connection between the dead man and a seventy-year-old tale of piracy, murder, and greed. What really happened on that storm-swept night is the stuff of legend-- and a long-buried truth that's haunting John Deal to the bone.